Carbon counting in the USA - with a ground-breaking new biomass map
Posted Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:00:00 GMT by Martin Leggett
An incredibly detailed three dimensional map of the 'green architecture' of the US, including forest canopy heights and vegetation levels down to each hectare, has been released today by the Woods Hole Research Center. The fruit of five years labor, which is freely downloadable, paints a detailed snapshot of the carbon stocks above the soil, one that will aid forest managers, ecologists and climate scientists for years to come.
Carbon counting in the USA - with a ground-breaking new biomass map